Chapter 20: Abel Ike
"Abel Ike, what's this weird name?" Xiao Ming touched his head.
"Idiot, that's a Westerner's name!" Zorro expressed disdain for the brainlessness of the thing.
"Call me Ike, Abel is my last name. Ike gritted his teeth and stood up, a large bag bulging out of his head, looking at the culprit who caused him to grow the bag with an aggrieved face.
"Hey, Ike, my name is Zorro, and this idiot is called Xiao Ming!" Zorro pointed at Xiao Ming, who was still laughing.
Zorro turned to look at Ike seriously, "Ike, can you tell me what you encountered, why did that whirlpool appear without warning?" Zorro looked at the calm sea in front of him, and still had a lingering palpitation.
Ike turned his head, "We are tourists from the Duchy of Danzig in the West, my father is a count of that country, I embarked on this long-distance cruise called the Max with my mother and brother, I originally wanted to visit the Xia Kingdom, the largest country in the East, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing, my mother and brother were all sucked into the whirlpool!" Ike had red and swollen eyes.
"Originally, the ship's mate discovered the big whirlpool at the beginning, and the ship could have escaped the catastrophe, but as soon as we changed direction, we were attacked by an octopus bigger than a hill, and our boat was directly dragged into the whirlpool. Ike kept crying, he didn't expect to encounter such a misfortune when he came to the East for the first time in his life.
"Giant sea beasts, such a big thing is probably a king-level creature, it seems that this sea area is not very peaceful, we have to get out of here quickly!" Zorro said, walking towards the rudder, "Xiao Ming, you go and rearrange the sails, we will set sail immediately!"
Ike walked to the platform on the second floor, looking at the calm sea, the whirlpool had disappeared, as if the shipwreck had not happened just now, the ship disappeared without a trace, and no one was spared except him.
The boat sailed eastward until sunset, and on the sailboat, Xiao Ming brought out three plates of sashimi, a bowl of sliced beef brisket, and a bottle of soju from the kitchen, this was the dinner for the three of them, the soju was prepared for Zorro, Xiao Ming depressedly brought the plate to the round table, "The orange juice is drunk, there are still two jars of wine, and the old man Chu treats you as his own son!" Xiao Ming doesn't like to drink, but loves juice.
"You can eat oranges directly after drinking the orange juice, Zorro snatched the soju, uncorked the bottle, and poured it into his stomach with a clatter. Placing the bottle in front of Ike, "Hey, Ike, do you want some?" Zorro grabbed a slice of sashimi with his hand, wrapped it in wasabi and swallowed it in his mouth, "Cool!"
"I've never drunk Oriental wine, and my father brought us two bottles of Bordeaux before we got on the boat, and now they're both sinking to the bottom of the sea. Ike whispered, dressed in sumptuous clothes, with a string of golden beads around his neck, which shone like gold, but he couldn't raise his temper in front of the black-clad boy.
"Some?" Zorro gestured as he placed the bottle in front of Ike and held out his hand with a blush on his face.
Ike got the wine bottle and said in his heart that even if I am a Western nobleman, I must have a lion-like king posture even if I am in trouble, and I can't let the Orientals look down on me. He thought to himself and poured the wine directly down his throat.
"Woo, cough cough" The yellow elixir coughed out of Ike's throat, and Zorro shifted to the side, avoiding the scourge of being covered in alcohol.
Ike's face flushed, obviously he had never drunk such strong alcohol, "Haha, have you never drunk soju?" Zorro said lightly.
"No, I was not mentally prepared to choke. Ike spat out all the wine.
"Wow, Zorro, have you ever drunk Western wine?" Xiao Ming exclaimed with admiration, he had been picking oranges just now.
"How do you feel about drinking our oriental soju?" Xiao Ming jumped off the platform, laughing as he peeled the skin.
Ike recovered a moment and got up from his chair, "It seems to me that our Western red wine is mellow, sweet, and like a gentleman: Oriental soju, fierce and hot, menacing, like a samurai. Ike said with a lot of eloquence.
"Well said, brother, I think you're also a philosopher!" Xiao Ming threw an orange to Ike.
"Alas, my mother and brother are gone, and how can the bitterness in my heart be easily drained?" Ike sighed and began to peel oranges.
"Don't be sad, life and death are fate, maybe they live a good life in another world? If you are sad now, it will make them die blindly!" Xiao Ming comforted, "Actually, I am even more miserable, I have never seen my parents since I was a child, I have always grown up with my grandfather, and my grandfather threw me into the deep mountains and old forests every day to train in order to let me go to sea and adventure when I grow up!" Xiao Ming touched his head and looked indifferent.
"Me too, I've never met my parents, and I've been learning swordsmanship from the master of the gym. Zorro stood beside them, showing empathy for their suffering.
"I didn't expect Zorro, you are also a child without parents?" Xiao Ming looked surprised.
"What's unexpected? I didn't expect to survive and challenge in the mountains every day with your decay!" Zorro began Xiao Ming's taunt.
Xiao Ming, as the captain, his authority was challenged, he thought that he couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and rushed towards Zorro, and the two of them fought on the deck. Ike was left alone, devastated and sad.
Zorro punched Xiao Ming in the face, Xiao Ming's fist also hit Zorro in the stomach, and the two of them took two steps back, and were about to start a new round of duels when Ike interrupted them.
"Hey, Xiao Ming, Zorro, since the two of you have saved my life, and our situation is still so similar, can we become partners? I want to join you too, although I can't fight, but I am a famous genius mechanic at Danze School!" Ike said heavily, his former pride had vanished.
Zorro and Xiao Ming stopped fighting, and at the same time turned to look at Ike, "Of course, we are short of partners! Although I don't know what a mechanic is, but seeing that you are so handsome, you will definitely repair the ship, right?" Xiao Ming said seriously.
"Absolutely. Ike smiled wryly.
"Then join us and be our partner!" Zorro smiled.
Three men danced into the cabin and launched a roast suckling pig and two bottles of soju to party on the deck.
The afterglow of the setting sun slowly swallowed up by the darkness, a bonfire spitting tongues of fire on the sailboat, and the three of them sang merrily.